Telegram-herald., 1887-10-30
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80 sxlis. = caulaly u cass.ry at9.l 20
sarts sad a baflalaa q fear cXe ezsl4as
about 40 yarfs Ask gan battery - held
.rtlEefy in ccluala ~ ss.t as. a1d z1c0aal-
l4.sie.i With ths uslal tst.are. requires
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e,l.ats ths an IL ~ 4 colali.n moving on a
.le road An infantry br-sads u four
rsaiulents 4ili taLe a. exclusive ot 5aggase
{ So wards Tic b4e-sge leitlalng aInnlu-
s..tion. vii require nine slx iaaie wagons %
sach regiment Earh Wszou Wita is team
reeuifes twenty yards sieptb and fof tse efl-
liFe hTl gaaIs TIE death VIII be over 20 yards
Aa,f tbs % S5O yareis and ve have nearly
) 10 yards, or : Iplle alid "A quarter for TIE
dssDtb of the column II we allow bat three
reg neuts g the brigade, W. can reduce To
ielLh 70 about 80 YARDS fof no oS7sA
belonging 70 different be4dslllsi sefs - mast
allo" depth of - yards
Nov coming 70 a division % infantry, We
have but - multiply taa Tore stlg total ey
lie numter 4 brigade IA llie dlYisloa- b.I
aen ~e lake up an ar-s corps, Te have 10
make calculations tor artillery and cavalry,
extra baggage and supply anus. suppose
we take a. 4 maximum i;afe an array coi =
eotnfpae4 al to-d %. 1--Dov Hi-h- ~ nas ioef
divisions Of lnfantF5' eisl- 70 twelve pat
teTles, and az le-a- four reiins lis' of cavalry.
ere Il so1e To ia''ie z Close ti,, on a Single
read with all its trains ineldGiaS reserve
supplies, is would stretch ou,. a. lAe least
colonization, about eigateFn l"iiss. has 70 Is
impossible Tor acoi-.lao n this ieiie - 70 keep
ro;n strstc nADg, or "ienxthenins OF, az u
- Technically toimea, ahd % tas otSt au'nor-
ities make an allowance u - Per cent,
which, added 10 tho eighteen miles, makes
twenty-five and one-haI miles, or distance
/ which would take mo1nted messenger
, moving from the head ot the column 10 the
rear, II be rllaie good speed and met with no
obstruction, AZ least three hours TO make, or
I moving from the rear 10 the head, nearly
I nalr day.
WHAT GEN MCCLELLAN SAID.
Gen. Mcclellan. in one Of his reports. saws.
| ssIf 7 had marched the entire army. 100 600
! men In one column. instead OF ON Ave differ
| sut roads. ths column. with It's trains. would
] have stretched ont fifty milesr In tina
! Franc Pr,,Ssian war II was found thet a
( Pruss,an army CORPS Of 42.5f2 nlea. 90 guns.
/ lyeoO horses and 90 vehicles took Jp ON
a single road tvenfv-Seven miles eighteen
rnflss oc,.,,riel IL, the trcons and nine mile,
| nv tha trai.s
| If roaas vVsrs al r.-oo1 eno,,-b md in rood
! condition columns cond uo,rh with a far
,--s~te, from, .,1 tho do-.,, Ia vs-,lv re-
/ duced R,,t in this co,rfl.v AZ l..et there
az fs1,z ,o,ds x,l--. fi... l. room, for n col.
,,,, 10 c-,,.a,s- ,,-;dth tlar a cot ~ fo,,rs N
yoo1-a and Iesve s,,fioe,,t s.,aca for the min
na,l,l nroe,ress of or.le-l;es and sta(f officers
ar Tor vehicles which b,,,. to 20 IN am onno
sita d;rs..tion Il NOV 10 aeted ,ybv the col.
uy,,n cannot ba ks-,t cloSsd ~, vv,v II has to
lenrthen op+3 Something's a wagon breaks
do,sn Il i baulad IN ono s.da for ra-
! mir, ond the otbors mss on Rnt
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